2026 Gabor Fichtinger: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	66	2361	2291	87	81	487	14474

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
2016 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to medical robotics and computer-assisted intervention

Overview

Gabor Fichtinger is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and has a substantial body of work in the field of medicine, particularly focusing on biomedical engineering, surgery, and radiology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including biomedical engineering, surgery, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, molecular biology, and spectroscopy.

The scientist's work frequently appears in certain publication venues, with the most notable being the International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, where they have contributed 15 publications. Other frequent venues include IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Radiotherapy and Oncology.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gabor Fichtinger include Tamás Ungi, John F. Rudan, Parvin Mousavi, Amoon Jamzad, and Martin Kaufmann. This network reflects collaborations across a range of studies and projects within their main fields.

The main topics of their research work encompass surgical simulation and training, radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, mass spectrometry techniques and applications, anatomy and medical technology, AI in cancer detection, and advanced radiotherapy techniques.

Among recent papers featuring Gabor Fichtinger are:

Image-Guided Interventional Robotics: Lost in Translation? (2022), Proceedings of the IEEE
Automatic Spine Ultrasound Segmentation for Scoliosis Visualization and Measurement (2020), IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
SlicerVR for Medical Intervention Training and Planning in Immersive Virtual Reality (2020), IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
Surgical data science - from concepts toward clinical translation (2021), Medical Image Analysis
SlicerHeart: An open-source computing platform for cardiac image analysis and modeling (2022), Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Gabor Fichtinger has been recognized as an IEEE Fellow in 2016 for contributions to medical robotics and computer-assisted intervention.

Best Publications

Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2008

Dimitris Metaxas;Leon Axel;Gabor Fichtinger;Gábor Székely

643
Citations
PLUS: open-source toolkit for ultrasound-guided intervention systems.

Andras Lasso;Tamas Heffter;Adam Rankin;Csaba Pinter

453
Citations
Design of a novel MRI compatible manipulator for image guided prostate interventions

A. Krieger;R.C. Susil;C. Menard;J.A. Coleman

401
Citations
OpenIGTLink: an open network protocol for image-guided therapy environment

Junichi Tokuda;Gregory S. Fischer;Xenophon Papademetris;Ziv Yaniv

388
Citations
MRI-Compatible Pneumatic Robot for Transperineal Prostate Needle Placement

G.S. Fischer;I. Iordachita;C. Csoma;J. Tokuda

363
Citations
Surgical Data Science - from Concepts toward Clinical Translation

Lena Maier-Hein;Lena Maier-Hein;Matthias Eisenmann;Duygu Sarikaya;Duygu Sarikaya;Keno März

309
Citations
SlicerRT: radiation therapy research toolkit for 3D Slicer.

Csaba Pinter;Andras Lasso;An Wang;David Jaffray

302
Citations
System for robotically assisted prostate biopsy and therapy with intraoperative CT guidance.

Gabor Fichtinger;Theodore L DeWeese;Alexandru Patriciu;Attila Tanacs

240
Citations
Ultrasound Elastography: A Dynamic Programming Approach

H. Rivaz;E. Boctor;P. Foroughi;R. Zellars

210
Citations
System for robotically assisted percutaneous procedures with computed tomography guidance.

Ken Masamune;Ken Masamune;Gabor Fichtinger;Gabor Fichtinger;Alexandru Patriciu;Robert C. Susil

198
Citations
Surgical and Interventional Robotics - Core Concepts, Technology, and Design [Tutorial]

P. Kazanzides;G. Fichtinger;G.D. Hager;A.M. Okamura

188
Citations
Open-source platforms for navigated image-guided interventions.

Tamas Ungi;Andras Lasso;Gabor Fichtinger

187
Citations
Robotic assistance for ultrasound-guided prostate brachytherapy

Gabor Fichtinger;Jonathan Fiene;Christopher W. Kennedy;Gernot Kronreif

177
Citations
Image overlay guidance for needle insertion in CT scanner

G. Fichtinger;A. Deguet;K. Masamune;E. Balogh

144
Citations
Development and Evaluation of an Actuated MRI-Compatible Robotic System for MRI-Guided Prostate Intervention

A. Krieger;Sang-Eun Song;N. B. Cho;I. I. Iordachita

144
Citations
MRI Compatibility of Robot Actuation Techniques --- A Comparative Study

Gregory S. Fischer;Axel Krieger;Iulian Iordachita;Csaba Csoma

142
Citations
Robotic Needle Steering: Design, Modeling, Planning, and Image Guidance

Noah J. Cowan;Ken Goldberg;Gregory S. Chirikjian;Gabor Fichtinger

141
Citations
Robot-assisted needle placement in open MRI: System architecture, integration and validation

S. P. DiMaio;S. Pieper;K. Chinzei;N. Hata

140
Citations
Transrectal prostate biopsy and fiducial marker placement in a standard 1.5T magnetic resonance imaging scanner.

Robert C. Susil;Cynthia Ménard;Axel Krieger;Jonathan A. Coleman

136
Citations
System for MR image-guided prostate interventions: canine study.

Robert C. Susil;Axel Krieger;J. Andrew Derbyshire;Attila Tanacs

132
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Iulian Iordachita Johns Hopkins University

Russell H. Taylor Johns Hopkins University

Purang Abolmaesumi University of British Columbia

Louis L. Whitcomb Johns Hopkins University

Gregory D. Hager Johns Hopkins University

Emad M. Boctor Johns Hopkins University

Gregory S. Fischer Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Peter Kazanzides Johns Hopkins University

Jerry L. Prince Johns Hopkins University

Ergin Atalar Bilkent University

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